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Ja 2890
Jamme 1979: pl.l
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Raised |
| Execution technique | Casting |
| Measure of letters | 4.3 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... s¹qny]w S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm s¹q[nyt ḏhbhn ... ...]
2 [... ...]ḏm ṯmntm w-ḥ[... ...]
3 [... ... ]w-qẓʾ-ṯ mrʾ-s¹m w[... ...]
| The reading follows Jamme's edition, since the photo is not legible. | |
| 2 | ] ḏm, with a word separator before ḏm (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, M 637 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 13.7, w. 18.6, th. 0.6 c. |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Khawr Rūrī |
| Ancient site | S¹mhrm / S¹mrm |
| Geographical area | Southern Ẓufār |
| Country | Oman |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1979: 101-102, pl. l (illegible photo) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed] |
| Albright 1982: 88, pl. 38, fig. 72 | Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller. |
| Jändl 2009: 143 | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |